Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

J. S. SMITH.

HAME PASTENER. No. 365,645. Patented June 28,1887.

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JOHN S. SMITH, OF HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAM E-FASTENEFL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.365,645, dated June 28, 1887.

Application filed April 1, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at the herough of Hamburg, county of Berks, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHarrie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is more particularly related to wooden hames re-enforcedby iron plates.

The object of the invention is to secure a strong, secure, and readyfastening for hames.

My improvement consists in the re-enforee given to the body of the hameand the separate attachment upon said re-enforce of the chailrhook andthe lever-lock of the respective hame.

The drawings herewith show fully to an expert the manner in which Ire-enforce and attach the locking device.

Like letters of reference-indicate similar parts.

Figure 1 represents the hame upon the right-hand side oftheeollar,showing the chain hook. Fig. 2 represents the hame upon theleft-hand side of the collar, showing the lockiug-lever; Fig. 3, apartial edge elevation of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a partial edge elevation ofFig. 1. l

In the drawing, A represents the wood portion of the hame; B, anintegral metallic reenforce carried around the lower portion of thehameand properly secured thereto; 0, the usual trace-chain hooks; D,theusual top fastening-loops for leather strap; E, independent chain-hookplate secured to the base of the hame upon the re-enforee plate B, whichadds very much to the strength of the same, and has a hook, E, adaptedto the lockingchain.

F is the independent locking-lever piece, having a loop, F, for thelever-fastener F", a hinge-joint, F, at the lower end for the lever G,which is secured therein by pintle G. The lever has a perforation, G fora link, II, adapted to pass over the end of the heme. In this link aswivel, I, is secured by its eye I, and to the swivel a series of six ormore chain-links, J, are connected, which serve to graduate the spacebetween the hames to the necks or collars of the animals.

The advantages of this fastener over other devices for the same purposeconsists in the Serial No. 233,273. (No model.)

additional strength gained by the mode in which the haine is ironed, byan integral piece passing around the lower portion thereof, runningupward about one'half thelength of the haine upon the inside and abouttwo thirds the length of the hame upon the outside edge thereof, thereadiness with whiehthe connection between the hame is made, and thequickness and security of the look when said connection is inade,withthe non-liability to entangle the chain by the introduction of theswivel in the combination.

I am aware (being a manufacturer of hames) that the use of acoupling-chain and lever is not new, and I do not broadly claim thesame; but I believe myself to be the first to iron hames,in the mannershown and describechby the use of an integral piece, B, passing aroundthe lower end of said hame, thus being able to use lighter iron and yetadd more strength to the hame, and, in combination with said lighterirons, the re-enforcing of the same by the independently applied hookandlever fastening device.

The use of the invention is as follows: The hames being applied to thecollar in the usual manner, the hook E is connected with the chain-linksJ, the lever G being pendent from the hinge F. It is then turned upwardagainst the home and the fastening-loop F dropped over the end ofthelever G. There is no other fastening required, as there is notendency for said loop F to rise, its weight keeping it in positionuntil purposely released.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

In wooden hames having re-enforeing irons B, the attachment to the lowerouter face of said irons, respectively, upon one hame of anindependently-formed hook-piece,E,and upon the other of anindependently-formed leverpieee, F, having a loop, F, in combinationwith the hinged lever-fastener F adapted to swing over the end of leverG and lock the same in place, the said lever G, chain-links J, andswivel I, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purposeset forth.

JOHN S. SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. EDWARD MILLER, GHAs. W. ADAMS.

